The king said, -Divide the living boy in two; then give half to the one, and half to the other. But the woman whose son was alive... said to the king -because compassion for her son burned within her - -Please, my lord, give her the living boy; certainly do not kill him! The other said, -It shall be neither mine nor yours; divide it. Then the king responded: -Give the first woman the living boy; do not kill him. She is his mother.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

The fact is that love is of two kinds--one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to whi...ch the one gives rise is not the passion of the other.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

Stop it you fools. Stop it I said. I'm mad, good and mad.... I'm mad and who wouldn't be. You, Dunson pretendin' you're gonna kill... him. Why it's the last thing in the world you--Stay still. I'm mad, I told you. And you Matthew Garth, gettin' your face all beat up and all bloody. You oughta see, you oughta see how silly you look, like something the cat dragged--. Stay still. What a fool I've been. Expectin' trouble for days, when anybody with half a mind would know you two love each other.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

I am not of the opinion generally entertained in this country [England], that man lives by Greek and Latin alone; that is, by know...ing a great many words of two dead languages, which nobody living knows perfectly, and which are of no use in the common intercourse of life. Useful knowledge, in my opinion, consists of modern languages, history, and geography; some Latin may be thrown into the bargain, in compliance with custom, and for closet amusement.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »